Pielgrzymowice, Silesian Voivodeship

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Pielgrzymowice

| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = SM Pielgrzymowice Kościół św Katarzyny 2017 (0) full.jpg

| image_caption = Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

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| image_shield = Pielgrzymowice.png

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Silesian

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Pszczyna

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Pawłowice

| established_title = First mentioned

| established_date = ca. 1305

| coordinates = {{coord|49|54|23|N|18|39|50|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

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| area_total_km2 = 13.17

| population_total = 2395

| population_density_km2 = auto

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Pielgrzymowice (Polish pronunciation: {{IPAc-pl|p|j|e|l|g|ż|y|m|o|'|w|i|c|e}}; {{Langx|de|Pilgramsdorf}}) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pawłowice, within Pszczyna County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=pl}} It lies approximately {{convert|23|km|mi|0}} south-west of Pszczyna and {{convert|46|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of the regional capital Katowice.

The village was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis from around 1305 as item in Peregrini villa debent esse XXIII) mansi.{{cite book |first=Wilhelm |last=Schulte |author-link=Wilhelm Schulte |title=Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae T.14 Liber Fundationis Episcopatus Vratislaviensis|place=Breslau |year=1889 |url= http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=19747&from=publication | language = de}}{{cite web |url= http://www.dokumentyslaska.pl/cds%2014/liber.html|title=Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis |access-date=13 July 2014|language=la}} The creation of the village was a part of a larger settlement campaign taking place in the late 13th century on the territory of what will be later known as Upper Silesia.

Notable people

  • Karol Miarka (1825-1891), Polish social and national activist{{cite journal |last1=Górecki |first1=Jan |title=Treści religijne w twórczości Karola Miarki |journal=Śląskie Studia Historyczno-Teologiczne |date=1982 |volume=15 |page=79 |url=http://bazhum.muzhp.pl/media/files/Slaskie_Studia_Historyczno_Teologiczne/Slaskie_Studia_Historyczno_Teologiczne-r1982-t15/Slaskie_Studia_Historyczno_Teologiczne-r1982-t15-s79-90/Slaskie_Studia_Historyczno_Teologiczne-r1982-t15-s79-90.pdf}}

References

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{{Gmina Pawłowice}}

Category:Villages in Pszczyna County

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